1916 Elkhorn Avenue Concrete Pony Truss Bridge

[Max Rockatansky]

Went out to see the 1916 Elkhorn Avenue Contrete Pony Truss Bridge over Fresno Slough west of Burrell today:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmoYMs3o

Off the top of my head I can't recall the last time I saw a similar design.  Basically the structure is sitting next to the replacement span out in the middle of rural Fresno County.  I spotted the bridge on bridgehunter the other day and thought it was worth a trip to see since I was somewhat close by.

[Max Rockatansky]

Seems that the Old Elkhorn Avenue bridge has a connection to the Riverdale Branch Railroad which Burrel was a siding for:

http://surewhynotnow.blogspot.com/2018/07/old-1916-elkhorn-avenue-concrete-pony.html

[compdude787]

There's a bridge sort of like that in Washington. It's called the McMillin bridge, which until recently carried WA 162 over the Puyallup River north of Orting. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.129617,-122.2357489,161m/data=!3m1!1e3

It's since been replaced, but the old bridge is still standing. It was built in 1935 and designed by Homer Hadley, the same engineer who would design the 1940 Lake Washington Floating Bridge.

[Max Rockatansky]

There's a bridge sort of like that in Washington. It's called the McMillin bridge, which until recently carried WA 162 over the Puyallup River north of Orting. https://www.google.com/maps/@47.129617,-122.2357489,161m/data=!3m1!1e3

It's since been replaced, but the old bridge is still standing. It was built in 1935 and designed by Homer Hadley, the same engineer who would design the 1940 Lake Washington Floating Bridge.

The strange thing is that the Elkhorn Bridge is a concrete pony truss and oddly likely wide enough for two vehicles despite the age.  I was half expecting a proper one-lane truss like the one you linked from the photos I saw before seeing the bridge myself.